OnePlus may be preparing its next flagship phone. But for many buyers, the biggest question isn’t what’s inside it. It’s whether they’ll be able to buy it through official channels. On its website, the company recently confirmed it will no longer launch new products in North America and Europe, making an official OnePlus 16 release…
Nara Smith would like the internet to know that she does not wash the dishes. That detail may surprise anyone who has spent the past several years watching the 24-year-old creator get called one of TikTok’s most recognizable “tradwives” (she has over 12 million followers as of this writing). On the July 29 episode of…
The prevailing narrative in Silicon Valley is that Chinese AI models like Kimi K3 and DeepSeek R1 came out of nowhere. But the truth is that even if you never travel to China, there’s an easy way to get a sense of what Chinese AI researchers are up to: log on to X. In the…
A new report from the U.K.’s Imperial College and France’s Emlyon Business School has mapped out the ways Silicon Valley’s VC-backed founders commit fraud — and the role investors play. For the report, published online in June, researchers built a database of tech founders and companies who faced civil and criminal securities fraud prosecutions from…
GitHub is adding a human checkpoint before certain suspicious Actions workflows can run in public repositories. The company announced on July 28, 2026, that workflow runs it identifies as potentially malicious will be held before execution. A repository collaborator with write access must review and approve the run through an authenticated GitHub web session before…
If your T-Mobile service was disrupted on Monday, you may be able to get some compensation for your troubles. Multiple outlets, including KTLA in Los Angeles, have reported that some T-Mobile customers have been able to get at least $20 off their next bill because of the outage. One Reddit user said they were able…
In the immediate aftermath of Anthony Fauci’s tense congressional hearing on Wednesday, where he refused to answer any questions and invoked the Fifth Amendment, MAGA figures and Republican officials appeared to be seeking one thing: jail time for the former White House chief medical advisor. “Why, when Fauci walks off of there today, is he…
SpaceX said on Thursday that it will remove the unpermitted turbines powering its xAI data centers near Memphis as it transitions to a permanent, 1.2 gigawatt natural gas power plant. The turbines won’t be completely removed until July 2027, though. SpaceX said that it’s currently operating 69 gas turbines to power the Colossus data centers,…
Seven of nine image-editing tools tested on Hugging Face produced sexualized alterations of a woman’s photograph after receiving a straightforward prompt. The July 28 findings expose an enterprise governance gap: A public AI platform, model publisher, application developer and inference provider may all be different parties. The research does not show that every Hugging Face…
New demos show Gemini Robotics 2 tackling household tasks with advanced humanoid and dual-arm robots. By on July 31, 2026 The biggest stories of the day delivered to your inbox. These newsletters may contain advertising, deals, or affiliate links. By clicking Subscribe, you confirm you are 16+ and agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy…
